Glyn Barnes
The kits supplied with EZ2 are new.

While the STOCK kits that came with EZ2 are new, and may be 18 bit, all the others only
received new MIDI and new graphics and are still 16 bit, and had their "info" changed so
they would run in EZ2...but they are NOT new kits.

MakeShift
"IMO, AD2 is far better soundwise then EZ2. EZ2 uses the exact same samples
that EZ1 did, you just get updated MIDI and Graphics. Where EZ2 excels is
in Song Writing..."

I would actually like to see a more detailed explanation of this from Toontrack. In the May issue of SOS it states that the sound files are now 18 bit instead of the original 16 bit, and that 24 bit was considered. "The Designers considered using 24 bit libraries, but found no advantage over using 18 bit samples, which are dithered by the natural noise floor."

Just to be clear, the update files that were supplied for my existing EZX's are just MIDI and UPDATE, which contains 
the new Graphics and data to allow them to run in EZ2 Interface and engine...there are no new download files for the actual library that I'm aware of...at least I didn't have any, which, by the process of elimination, means that they are still using the same existing library samples @ 16 bit.

So, if the EZ Libraries are new, I, too, would like to know how they did it with just an "Update" file that is 
about 1/10th the size of the actual Library file...


I could be seriously mistaken...but then, why wouldn't there be new downloads for the library itself?


With AD2 I had to download entirely new Library files.  

cclarry

MakeShift
"IMO, AD2 is far better soundwise then EZ2. EZ2 uses the exact same samples
that EZ1 did, you just get updated MIDI and Graphics. Where EZ2 excels is
in Song Writing..."

I would actually like to see a more detailed explanation of this from Toontrack. In the May issue of SOS it states that the sound files are now 18 bit instead of the original 16 bit, and that 24 bit was considered. "The Designers considered using 24 bit libraries, but found no advantage over using 18 bit samples, which are dithered by the natural noise floor."

Just to be clear, the update files that were supplied for my existing EZX's are just MIDI and UPDATE, which contains 
the new Graphics and data to allow them to run in EZ2 Interface and engine...there are no new download files for the actual library that I'm aware of...at least I didn't have any, which, by the process of elimination, means that they are still using the same existing library samples @ 16 bit.

So, if the EZ Libraries are new, I, too, would like to know how they did it with just an "Update" file that is 
about 1/10th the size of the actual Library file...


I could be seriously mistaken...but then, why wouldn't there be new downloads for the library itself?


With AD2 I had to download entirely new Library files.  

Yes, the EZX's samples are the same. The "basic" kits (Modern and Vintage) are new though, and IMHO better sounding and more accomplished than any EZX made so far.